• yaroto98@lemmy.org
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    3 days ago

    I want to see a seamless roaming standard so a grandma can buy a random brand’s wifi extender, plug it in, connect it to her ISP router’s wifi and have the same ssid through the house. No needing to jump to NANA-SWIFI-EXT.

  • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    I just don’t understand why you would want even faster WiFi

    Speed is not the only variable here, stability is too, and over the years, if anything, WiFi has become more unstable if anything, going from „I get internet outside my house” to „don’t lean too much towards the wall in my bed, otherwise the 0,50 Mbit is gonna become even less”.

    If you are willing to pay the extra for a compatible router + client, you might as well pay the 20€ for a land cable which is way more stable

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      3 days ago

      This just reaks of someone who’s never had good hardware.

      A properly rolled out network can supply reliable wifi that’s just as reliable for consumer and even prosumer grade tasks as hardline.

      Hell even recent improvements to wireless backhaul has basically obsoleted the need to run a cable to every single room you want reliable Internet in.

      Unless your doing something that actually NEEDS the speed cables provide over wireless then there’s no real benefit other then it being cheaper.

      Just stop being 60 dollar shitty all in one routers.

    • ExLisperA
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      3 days ago

      Speed is not the only variable here, stability is too, and over the years, if anything, WiFi has become more unstable if anything, going from „I get internet outside my house” to „don’t lean too much towards the wall in my bed, otherwise the 0,50 Mbit is gonna become even less”.

      Really? My phone easily connects to my WiFi everyone in my apartment, from couple floors below it and through the ceiling. I have the router in a wall box. For me with WiFi 6 it just got faster, I didn’t notice any stability issues.

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    15 hours ago

    Yeah but can we get OpenSource RISCV-based Wifi-Chips now ??

    It would be great to not worry about vendor lock-ins g compatibility when switching over to FOSS wifi firmwares

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    3 days ago

    As long as I can use as an radar/lidar that can see through walls, as promised.